Terracotta/red might be very bold. If that's the look you're going for, go for it. I see more of a taupey/olivey sort of look.

While I think the terracotta tones would be very pretty, I am concerned that having such small slashes of such a strong color may look odd. Because the spaces are so small, I would try to continue the tones in the backsplash for continuity. I think pulling out the olive tone would be pretty with the cabinets as well.

If you look at the pix (third from the bottom, close-up of phone on counter area), see the first full diagonal tile on the top left? I would look for something in that family. Not sure I would go taupe undertone, more on the warm side to work with the cabinets.

Oh, Hi Les!!!
So glad to see you here! OK, I'll start looking for a subtle grayish/greenish? I have a sample chip of a Lowes brand paint Earth Elements Prairie Rock/Tundra/Olive Shale that look promising. My thought was to get some of those little cans of paint samples and try them on the wall...
Thanks! Suzieca

Before you give up, look at Sherwin Williams Sawdust (in person). It looks totally different on line.

I agree with Les on wall color.

Are those birch cabinets? I love them!

Thanks, the cabs are maple w/natural finish.

We are just at the painting stage now. I ended up having to get 12 different samples and put them on the wall and STILL we stressed! The colors look very different on the wall (and at different times of day) than they look on the paint chips. Try some and see what you like. For me it was hard for me to guess from a small paint strip. By the way, if you haven't already discovered it, the colors look way different on line than in person just like Patricia43 said.

- Jim

Wow, you really have a lot of colors and patterns going on there, I would not do anything to introduce another focal point. Pick a neutral tan that is in all of the pattens you have and stick with that, it would be sensory overload if you did a bright color. I would also recommend you don't put many items on the counters, keep them as empty as possible.

This is going to be my next saga (my backsplash should be installed sometime this week, or at least sometime before the end of August?:) But I did want to compliment you - your backsplash is beautiful and I think it goes so well with your gorgeous granite and cabinets.

Try Powell Buff from Benjamin Moore. My DIL who is a really gifted interior designer suggested it, and I was SO set on a green. I too have maple cabs and this paint color just sets everything off. Ben Moore offers a small jar of paint which we painted on several walls along with a couple other colors( just a patch) and actually had our friends vote. Everyone said this color was the best, and now that we've painted, it truly is a great choice.

Not to throw you off even more...I have natural maple cabinets also...I did my modest kitchen in the early 90s and have had several paint colors in there. I may have chosen the wrong green when I did mine, but it just made me sad each day.

I bought some toile fabric to make window treatments from, and found coordinating paint in Ben Moore's Crimson #1299. It is my favorite in the 22 years I've had the house. It sets off the cabinets beautifully.

I did mine in BM Nantucket Grey and it is very pretty. I have light colored cupboards and dark granite countertops.

Take a look at "roof top garden" from the "Freshaire choice" paint at Home Depot. Its a modern looking muted olive/green. I think it seems similar to the muted green in the backsplash...www.thefreshairechoice.com
Its in the Botanical section of colors on the website.

I LOVE the idea of terra cotta, which will brighten up the monochromatic kitchen considerably and will pick up the touches of terra cotta in both the backsplash and the counter.
Some drama in there would be fabulous! Much more exciting and warm than olive green. Go for the red!